Chronic Logic announces the release of Kingdom Elemental Tactics version 1.4, a major update to Kingdom Elemental, a real-time tactics game from Chronic Logic and Liberation Games. KE:Tactics takes core game play elements from real-time strategy, tactics, and role-playing games and combines them into a game that is painfully easy to pick up and play without committing your entire life, unless you have no life...in which case you may not find Kingdom Elemental to be an adequate substitute.

• Tabula Rasa
  Tabula Rasa Q&A on WarCry chats up April Burba about Destination Games' upcoming MMORPG, discussing beta testing, player classes, cloning, in-game rewards, the regularly scheduled beta assassination of Lord British, and more.
• World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
  The World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Q&A on Computer and Video Games talks with Sam Didier and Jeffrey Kaplan about the upcoming WoW expansion. They talk about the reception The Burning Crusade met with, the new hero class, level 80 content, and more.
• The Lord of the Rings Online
  RPG Vault's The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar Q&A #1 embarks on a quest to get answers from Jeffrey Steefel about Turbine's Hobbit-forming MMORPG. They talk about the game's strengths, PvP, content updates, live support, storylines, and more.
• Pirates of the Burning Sea
  The Pirates of the Burning Sea Q&A on TenTonHammer talks with Theresa Pudenz about Flying Lab Software's upcoming MMORPG. They touch upon high level content, boarding, ship size, PvP, guild tools, economics, and more.
• Dreamlords
  The Dreamlords Q&A on TenTonHammer is an article based on a conversation with Lockpick CEO David Rosén at the Leipzig Games convention. They discuss the MMOG's present state, and what's being done to refine it going forward.

• Jagged Alliance 3
  The Jagged Alliance 3 Q&A on StrategyCore.co.uk harkens back a few gaming conventions ago to the good old days of E3, where they caught up with Alexander Kozhevnikov of Akella about the upcoming Jagged Alliance sequel. Topics include the use of Nival's Silent Storm engine, the story, missions, conflict between factions, alignments, game mechanics, and more.
• Sam & Max
  Telltale’s Dave Grossman talks about making Sam & Max on GameZone asks the Telltale Games design director some questions about their Sam & Max series. Season Two, writers, collaboration, episodic content, and more subjects are covered along the way.

• Age of Conan on TenTonHammer.
• The Chronicles of Spellborn on TenTonHammer.
• Jagged Alliance 3 on GameSpy.
• Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness on 1Up.
• Pirates of the Burning Sea on TenTonHammer.
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky on GameSpy.
• Universe At War: Earth Assault on 1Up.

• Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising on RPG Vault.

• Leipzig 2007 wrap-up on Hooked Gamers.
• PAX 2007 wrap-up on Gamers With Jobs.

• Microsoft: Xbox 360 Repair Turnaround Times Are Down in the Crapper.

• Sony Ericsson 'obviously' considering PlayStation-branded phone.
• Apple sells more than one in six laptops in U.S.
• Opinion: Flashy vs. What Really Works for Mobile Devices.

• Free music site attracts wrath of industry. Thanks Mike Martinez.
• EarthLink layoffs signal change in muni Wi-Fi.
• DirecTV's New Broadband Download Preview.

• ESRB defends Manhunt rerating.
• Yahoo asks federal court to dismiss human rights lawsuit.
• Japan military homes, destroyer raided over data leak.

• Symantec CEO: Microsoft security ware pricing 'monopolistic'.

• TotalGaming.net Adds Dreamcatcher Games, Freak Out Extreme Freeride's North American Debut…
• Valve to continue with EA…
• The Escapist issue #112 offers examinations of the age-old struggle between good and evil in games…
• Pessimistic Pachter pooh-poohs Take-Two takeover talk…
• Guide to Roms (console game emulation) on Ubuntu. Thanks Ant and Digg…
• Valve bans Bioshock from the office. On the other hand, Gearbox Software embraces game playing…

Santiago, Chile - August 28, 2007 - ACE Team, an independent game development studio based in Santiago, Chile, today announces it has licensed the Source® engine-the core technology behind Half-Life® 2-for an action-fantasy game in development for the PC.

Zeno Clash is an action game with a strong focus on melee combat set in a punk fantasy world. Featuring up close and brutal combat in a first-person perspective, the game is played in battle scenarios where the adversaries are always dangerously close and the use of exotic firearms and artifacts is a commodity. The new close combat mechanics are a deviation from traditional shooting in the FPS genre that will feel fresh for players.

The first chapter is set in a fantastic & chaotic world where the main character has been exiled from his clan and hunted down by his own brothers. A desperate journey past the forbidden desert will bring him to the end of the world.

"Working with Source gives us the features, tools, and flexibility we need in an engine to bring to life a game world beyond anything seen before," said Andres Bordeu, game designer with ACE Team. "Source is an incredibly flexible engine that lets us create environments with rich visuals, expansive and highly-detailed believable characters that interact with players in intelligent-and challenging-ways. We look forward to delivering a fantastic experience to gamers in 2008."

"We're pleased that the ACE Team has chosen the Source engine for their promising debut game, which will expand the use of Source into new gameplay and visual styles," said Jason Holtman, director of business development at Valve. "As we continue to evolve the Source toolset, we will continue the tradition of supplying underlying technology for such innovative projects."

ACE Team is a new studio located in Santiago, Chile comprised of professional game designers, artists, and programmers who have worked on a number of games for both PC and Xbox Live Arcade platforms. For more information about ACE Team and its Source-based game, please visit http://www.aceteam.cl/zenoclash/.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – August 28, 2007 – Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 08, featuring the breakthrough new EA SPORTS™ GamerNet and Photo Game Face features, is available in retail stores today under the EA SPORTS™ brand. With the critically-acclaimed Tiger Woods PGA TOUR franchise, gamers can put themselves into the middle of the action, test their nerves and skills against the best, and then share and compare their shots with other players from around the world in the most innovative iteration ever created.

With EA SPORTS GamerNet, an interactive gaming hub that hosts user-created gameplay online, every shot on every hole of a player’s game is recorded. From the opening drive to the final putt in the Playoffs for the FedExCup, EA SPORTS GamerNet is capturing all the shots that make, or break players rounds. With an on-line connection, gamers can then upload their most amazing – and unthinkable – performances on EA SPORTS GamerNet and then earn points and bragging rights by posting video clips for other gamers to play against and by matching challenges set by others.

With Photo Game Face, players will now be able to replicate themselves in the game, down to the finest detail. By simply uploading real-life photographs, players can create in-game characters that look exactly like the real thing with no artistic skill required, giving gamers the unique opportunity to go toe to toe with the best golfers on the finest courses in the world. EA SPORTS GamerNet and Photo Game Face are features exclusive to the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system.

Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 08 also features the PGA TOUR new Playoffs for the FedExCup, offering gamers the thrill of the playoff chase by playing dream rounds at Westchester Country Club, TPC Boston, Cog Hill and East Lake. In addition to many of the top PGA TOUR players, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 08 also features top LPGA golfers, Annika Sorenstam, Natalie Gulbis, Paula Creamer, Cristie Kerr and Morgan Pressel.

Developed in Orlando, Florida by EA Tiburon, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 08 is available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation®2 and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment systems, Wii™, Nintendo DS™, PC, Mac, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system and is rated E by the ESRB. The game’s official website is www.easports.com/tigerwoods08.

Greetings, I wanted to let everyone know that patch 1.08 is now available. This is a "hotfix" patch that makes one specific fix to the Scrin Mothership unit. You'll be prompted to download the update the next time you go online in Command & Conquer 3.

Thank you all again for your patience and understanding in anticipation of this fix. We have additional updates planned for the game, so stay tuned for details about more-substantive content patches in the days to come. For now, you're welcome to use this thread to post any comments, though as always, we ask that you please be constructive for the sake of the other users of this forum.

In an interview with heise online, Gabe Newell, president of Valve Software, said that Microsoft made a terrible mistake releasing DirectX 10 for Vista only and excluding Windows XP. He said this decision affected the whole industry as so far only a very small percentage of players can use DirectX 10.

When developing cross-platform games which are also released fo Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, developers look for the smallest common denominator. And since neither Microsoft's nor Sony's new consoles support Shader Model 4.0 for DirectX 10, only few games use it, he said.

In addition, Newell bemoaned the increasing lack of input device diversity in PC gaming culture. He would like to see controllers like the Wiimote or the Guitar Hero guitar, but since DirectX support for devices like these had increasingly been reduced over the last few years, developers didn't dare implement these expensive innovations.

• Crysis
  The Crytek Q&A on Eurogamer chats with Crytek's Cevat Yerli about Crysis, their upcoming first-person shooter. They discuss comparisons with Far Cry, standing out against other FPS games, DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and more.
• BioShock
  Q&A: Levine surfs BioShock's wake on GameSpot talks with Ken Levine of Irrational Games 2K Boston about their just-released first-person shooter. Among the subjects covered are problems with the authentication system, Steam launch issues, broken Big Daddy figurines, widescreen woes, console exclusivity, and more
• Painkiller Overdose
  The Painkiller Overdose Q&A on 2404 talks with an unnamed source about Painkiller Overdose, Mindware's upcoming continuation of People Can Fly's anesthetized first-person shooter. Topics include how the sequel ties in with the original game, AI, locations, weapons, bosses, the game engine, and more.

You will hear the authentic, original MIDI files, playing back on a Roland MT-32 sound module, as you would have heard if you were playing a Brand New Wing Commander game on The Best Game Sound-Equipped Computer Available At The Time. A touch of Roland Sound Canvass (in MT-32 emulation mode) was added just because it was easy to do and made the tones just a tad-bit richer. Other than that...Welcome To The State of the Art in PC Audio, circa 1990!!!!

• Call of Duty 4 beta overhauled, sign-ups still available.
• Demo: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 08 on Xbox Live Arcade. Not available in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Mexico or New Zealand.
• The PS3 UT3 Demo Won't Be Released Before The Game Ships.
• Stuntman Ignition Ships For Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Playstation 2.
• Hudson Announces Bomb-Up Add-On Pack For Bomberman Live game for Xbox LIVE.
• GRAW 2 Throwback Pack 2 (free) on Xbox Live's Major Nelson.
• Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix now on XBLA.
• The Halo Universe Comes to Life - Second Live-Action Short Film Now Available.
• Halo 3 preview on Play.TM.
• Killzone 2 PlayStation 3 Screenshots.
• Wii and the casual gaming boom.

• Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Beta Performance on Neoseeker.
• BioShock Hardware Performance Guide.
• Junk sleep damaging teenagers' health. Thanks Mike Martinez.
• How worried should you be about metal whiskers?
• Are drivers ready for high-tech onslaught?
• 10.1 Things You Should Know About HDMI.
• Traders punish Acer for Gateway purchase.

• Next up for the iPhone ... video games? Thanks Mike Martinez.
• Meow Not Nintencats, But Damn Close. Thanks Mike Martinez.

• Subprime fallout could hit internet firms report. Thanks Mike Martinez.
• 10 worst web sites featured on web pages that suck in 2006. Thanks Kxmode.
• Want to Make Money in Second Life? It's Harder Than You Think. Thanks Mike Martinez.

• Court decides RAM is stored information in TorrentSpy case. Thanks Mike Martinez.
• Can You Stop Spam By Going After The Webhosts?
• Copyright Advocacy Group Violates Copyright.

• Microsoft: "Less than" 12,000 systems affected by WGA outage. Thanks Mike Martinez. Actually, "fewer than."
• Deja vu: Sony uses rootkits, charges F-Secure.
• Intel's new vPro two steps forward for x86... as well as for DRM and P2P?

• BioShock on GamingHeaven, Gameplay Monthly, and Voodoo Extreme.
• Bookworm Adventures on Killer Betties.
• Sword of the New World on games xtreme.
• ThreadSpace: Hyperbol on gameSlave.

• Altec Lansing FX4021 Speakers on DriverHeaven.net.
• Coollaboratory Liquid Pro Thermal Compound on OCIA.net.
• Cooler Master Cosmos Case on bit-tech.net.
• Corepad C1 Medium Cloth Mousepad on DragonSteelMods.
• Cyber Snipa Dog Tags Flash Drive on I4U News.
• Gigabyte P35-DQ6 Motherboard on Hardware Logic.
• GlacialPower GP-PS550BP PSU on Hardware Secrets.
• HIS Radeon HD 2600 Pro IceQ Turbo 512MB Video Card on HotHardware.
• Humanscale CPU 600 CPU Holder on I4U News.
• NEC MultiSync LCD2470WNX Monitor on TrustedReviews.
• OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 CL 3 FlexXLC Edition 2GB RAM Kit on Overclock3D.Net.
• Olympus Evolt E-510 Digital Camera on Digital Trends.
• PCXmods Mouse Grips v2.0 on Overclock3D.Net.
• Philips 32PFL7562D 32" LCD TV on TrustedReviews.
• Promise SATA300 TX4 SATA 2.0 Controller on Phoronix.
• Samsung SyncMaster SM226BW 22″ Monitor on Techneek.
• Sapphire Radeon HD 2400 XT + HD 2600 XT Video Cards on TweakTown.
• Seasonic S12-II 500W PSU on PCSTATS.
• SimpleTech 500GB USB 2.0 Extrenal Hard Drive on Boot Daily.
• Thermaltake Blue Orb II CPU Cooler on Futurelooks.
• Toshiba R500 Laptop on XYZ Computing.
• Transcend T.Sonic 820 2GB MP3 Player on ProClockers.
• Ultra 7 Port USB Buddy Hub on Modders-Inc.
• ViewSonic VX2835wm Monitor on ExtremeTech.
• VIZO Propeller Dual Fan Card on Modders-Inc.
• Xclio Propeller Black Computer Case W/ 360mm Side Fan on Tweaknews.net.

• A new version 0.72 of the DOSBox a x86 emulator with DOS is now available. Thanks Enahs…
• China anti-graft game too popular to stay online. Thanks Mike Martinez…